Class Topics and Sequence
Topics
British Literature
Public Speaking
Literary Analysis
Class sequence
Looking ahead: What are your goals?
Drafting Senior Project proposal
Reading “Beowulf” and early English poems
Start “Gulliver’s Travels,” by Jonathan Swift
Reading “Canterbury Tales,” by Geoffrey Chaucer
Romance – Arthur, Gawain, and the lot
Literary Analysis
Renaissance poetry
Sonnets – Spenser and Shakespeare
Poetry Workshop: Sonnet, Villanelle, Ode
Metaphysical poetry
Restoration/Enlightenment literature and nonfiction
Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Satire
Reading “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and other super poetry
Poetry recitation
Shakespeare
Public Speaking
"Positive Plays" for Elementary
Reading “Pygmalion,” by George Bernard Shaw
British Literature
Public Speaking
Literary Analysis
Class sequence
Looking ahead: What are your goals?
Drafting Senior Project proposal
Reading “Beowulf” and early English poems
Start “Gulliver’s Travels,” by Jonathan Swift
Reading “Canterbury Tales,” by Geoffrey Chaucer
Romance – Arthur, Gawain, and the lot
Literary Analysis
Renaissance poetry
Sonnets – Spenser and Shakespeare
Poetry Workshop: Sonnet, Villanelle, Ode
Metaphysical poetry
Restoration/Enlightenment literature and nonfiction
Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Satire
Reading “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and other super poetry
Poetry recitation
Shakespeare
Public Speaking
"Positive Plays" for Elementary
Reading “Pygmalion,” by George Bernard Shaw